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Whether you're into Bach, The Beatles or Bieber, whether you can play an instrument or humming is the height of your musical skill, music is a universal language that inspires, excites and brings joy to people of all walks of life. Technology can add a new spin to old favorites or lead to entirely new instruments with entirely new sounds. Whatever your jam, here's where you'll find the latest technological developments from the world of music.

The gig bag of many guitarists will likely hold a good deal more than the guitar itself. Spare strings, a tuner, and possibly a capo – used to change the pitch of strings without having to retune. But what if you only want to capo certain strings? That's precisely what the Gillis Capo Guitar offers.

​We've made no bones about our opinion of the remarkable Nura headphones, calling them "the best headphones any of us have every heard." Now, the company is offering them on a monthly subscription deal with some interesting bonuses.​

​Three years ago, Yamaha launched a new line of acoustic guitars sporting technology originally developed for its pianos. The TransAcoustic guitars could breathe concert hall warmth into the driest of rooms. A bunch of new models were released in January, and we snagged one of them to try out.​

​HBO's adaptation on George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire has entered its final season, and to bid the epic fantasy TV series a fond farewell, Fender's Custom Shop has created three special guitars dubbed the Game of Thrones Sigil Collection.​

Rock guitarists sometimes have a strange relationship with their instruments, with many sacrificing them to their art. When Sandvik decided to make an unbreakable all-metal guitar, naturally the company asked fellow Swede Yngwie Malmsteen to try and destroy it.

Last year, links to media files on MySpace stopped working. Due to a server migration glitch, photos, videos and audio files uploaded prior to 2015 are no longer available. Now almost 500,000 previously lost music files have been recovered and made freely available via the Internet Archive.

​Sweden's Teenage Engineering has announced a limited run of a special PO-33 ​pocket operator. The Ghostly edition represents the company's first PO collaboration effort and comes packed with some unique sounds.​

​Beats has bounced into the world of wireless listening with its first set of truly cable-free earbuds. As the successor to its popular Powerbeats earphones, the Powerbeats Pro drop the tether for a standalone ear-hook design and a stellar battery life.

Lego is easy to use and allows creative types to build whatever is in their heads, or adapt something created earlier to fit new needs. The MPA Platform from MakeProAudio offers a similar experience for folks wanting to build custom audio gear – with nothing more than a screwdriver.